An Aberdeen Group survey 2004(as cited by Markus, 2004) of managerial and technical employees in service organizations found that 99% had some form of performance evaluation. Watson 2004(as cited by Markus, 2004) survey found a participation rate of approximately 90%. In a 2003 international survey of businesses of all sizes, 59% reported using some form of performance management tool, an increase of 18% compared with a similar survey two years earlier. It is obvious from the recent surv...
The ability to retain Volunteers has proved a challenge to many international organizations. This is no exception for many volunteers engaged in international organizations. Volunteers are more intrinsically motivated compared to extrinsic motivation and their need is to make a valued contribution by giving back to the community and skill acquisition. The aim of this study was to establish the factors determining volunteers‟ turnover with a special focus on United Nations National Vol...
Orienting employees to their workplace and their jobs is one of the most neglected functions in many organizations. An employee handbook and piles of paperwork are not sufficient anymore when it comes to welcoming a new employee to your organization. The most frequent complaints about new employee orientation are that it is overwhelming, boring or that the new employee is left to sink or swim. The result is often confused new employee who is not productive and is more likely to leave the...
ABSTRACT The financial sector in Kenya is very competitive due to the many players in the market. The competition for customers is not only from the banks, deposit taking microfinance institutions but also amongst the SACCOs themselves. Like any other business organizations SACCOs need to create value for their clients in order to gain competitive advantage and thus ensure survival and profitability. Certain types of resources owned and controlled by SACCO have the potential and promise to g...
ABSTRACT In the current 21st century where organizations are surrounded by all kinds of dynamics most of which threaten their existence and growth, strategic management remains the only way out. For an organization to adopt any new strategy, there are those drivers that ought to grease the strategy and make it effective. Strategic management drivers have been known to enhance the performance of organizations across the globe. Strategic management drivers are the key enablers of modern organi...
ABSTRACT Human resources are the source of achieving competitive advantage because of its capability to convert the other resources (money, machine, methods and material) in to output (product/service). The competitor can imitate other resources like technology and capital but the human resource are unique. People are one of the most important factors providing flexibility and adaptability to organizations. People (managers), not the firm, are the adaptive mechanism in determining how the fi...
ABSTRACT In the global market today, competition between various providers of service is brutal and firms in the service industry continuously endeavor to create, manage and maintain healthy relationships with customers, to gain competitive advantage over the others. When services are inappropriately handled and coordinated, the outcome is wrong perception of service quality, client‟s complaints, staff turnover, low sales and customer dissatisfaction. This study investigated the effect of ...
ABSTRACT Increased competition in the Kenyan market has forced SACCOs to rethink their corpotate growth strategies as a way of achieving improved performance. This research aimed at examining the impact of corporate growth strategies on the performance of SACCOs in Kitui County. The study was based on key specific objective involved with examining the impact of product innovation cost leadership , focus and product differentiation strategy on the performance of SACCOs in Kitui County. In sup...
ABSTRACT Youth enterprises are facing revenue, risks, investment practices, decision making and market share that affects the success rate in Kenya. These enterprises also experience an exponentially increasing competition based on the increase in self-employment. In order for them to become sustainable, productive and viable there is need to provide micro enterprise support. The objective of the study was to analyze micro enterprise support on the performance of selected youth enterprises ...
ABSTRACT There has been a lot of debate on the relations between women and environment. Feminists have focused this debate on analyzing women's use, conservation and management of natural resources. The main aim of our study was to look at the dimensions between men and women in the management of quarries in Juja Location of Thika West district. We looked at the main gender dimensions in quarrying in Thika in terms of employment, management and ownership. We established the challenges that m...
Workplace conflict is a specific type of conflict that occurs in workplaces. The conflicts that arise in workplaces may be shaped by the unique aspects of this environment, including the long hours people spend at their workplace, the hierarchical structure of the organization, and the difficulties (e.g. financial consequences) that may be involved in switching to a different workplace. In this respect, workplaces share much in common with schools, especially pre college educational inst...
ABSTRACT Artisanal mining has been for many years disregarded, where large scale mining that involves large scale extraction of minerals such us valuable metals, oil and gas has been documented and given much concentration. Small scale mining however has had a significant role to play in the developing countries, where it takes opportunity of the abundant available labor while only requiring limited amounts of less than abundant capital. Nevertheless, this sector of the economy surrounded by...
Within the complex operation in project management in the 21st century, the school heads play a very vital role in the management of school projects. However, the management of these projects has not been smooth. For example, in Mathira constituency there are many examples of stalled infrastructure projects, projects that have taken too long to complete and which eventually lead to escalating of the project cost, unsatisfied needs in the schools community that was supposed to benefit fro...
ABSTRACT Maize is a staple food and its adequacy is a measure of food security in Busia County and across Kenya. Despite myriad efforts to increase its yield, the national level has remained low at 1.6 tons/ha relative to world average of 5.5 tons/ha and Busia County experiences much lower yield of 1.2 tons/ha. This low yield in the county coupled by high population growth rate arising from a fertility rate of 6 percent in the county when national level is 4.6 percent and a large population ...
ABSTRACT Selected trade unions activities area is key in study and considerations are made for any unionized organization in Kenya especially the public sector. University education is centered on quality based on the participation of all the involved members and aiming at long term success through expansion. This eventually benefits all members of the unions and the organization at large. Public universities in Kenya have been growing significantly over the last few years due to increased e...